# Monica Desai Weiss

> Monica Desai Weiss is the Chief Business Officer of Manifest OS, the New York startup building an AI-native law firm model that raised a $60M Series A in April 2026 at a $750M valuation. A former bond trader at JPMorgan, she ran Operations & Strategy at Blockchain.com, then spent years as a Principal at Kleiner Perkins backing fintech, crypto and consumer companies including Settle, Propel and Nova Credit. She is also a writer whose 'Bits' essays dissected the early DeFi and NFT waves.

- **Role:** Chief Business Officer at Manifest OS
- **Organizations:** Manifest OS, Kleiner Perkins, Blockchain.com, JPMorgan, Quartet Health, Segovia Technology
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** High school, Stuyvesant High School, BA, Mathematics and Economics, Cornell University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Chief Business Officer at Manifest OS, which raised $60M Series A in April 2026 at a $750M valuation, Principal at Kleiner Perkins with board seats at Settle, Propel and Nova Credit, Helped Blockchain.com build out its institutional trading platform

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Bond trader at JPMorgan, managing TMT and industrial high-grade credit portfolios
- **Pre-2018** — Led Operations & Strategy at Blockchain.com, helping build its institutional platform
- **2018** — Joined Kleiner Perkins as a Principal investing in fintech, crypto and consumer
- **2019-2021** — Backed and worked with Settle, Propel, Nova Credit, Bison Trails, Syndicate, Audius, Feather, Loom and Pattern Brands
- **2021** — Published the 'Bits' essay series on DeFi, NFTs and crypto governance
- **2026** — Chief Business Officer at Manifest OS during its $60M Series A at a $750M valuation

## Achievements

- Chief Business Officer at Manifest OS, which raised $60M Series A in April 2026 at a $750M valuation
- Principal at Kleiner Perkins with board seats at Settle, Propel and Nova Credit
- Helped Blockchain.com build out its institutional trading platform
- Managed TMT and industrial high-grade credit portfolios as a JPMorgan bond trader
- Authored the 'Bits' essays mapping the early DeFi and NFT landscape

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Manifest OS, where she serves as Chief Business Officer, raised a $60M Series A at a $750M valuation led by investors including Menlo Ventures and Kleiner Perkins.

## Links

- Website: https://manifestos.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mondesai/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mondesai

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Last updated: 2026-06-10